Launceston’s General Manager’s audacious initiatives flagged today in The Examiner should be much welcomed by anyone concerned about where Local Government is headed in Tasmania.
Given that the elected representatives on Councils are so constrained by outdated and outmoded legislation it seems that the only way forward is to act decisively and do so directly.
Councils’ ‘governance roles’, it seems, need their operational wings to step up to the plate and become increasingly proactive as Launceston’s General Manager seems to be doing. His action should be understood for what it is.
As they say in the classics, the GM is giving the status quo ‘a bloody good shake’ and it is about time.
Now is not the time for residents and ratepayers to stand back as it is in fact now that they need to engage with Council’s in order to get transparent and accountable governance.
Ray Norman, Launceston
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